Driverless taxis take to the streets of San Francisco - BBC News
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2022
- Driverless taxis, or “robotaxis”, have been rolled out on the streets of San Francisco, and BBC technology show Click has been to see how they work.
The vehicles are capable of getting passengers from A to B across the city, but there is one major difference to a traditional taxi or rideshare - they have no driver.
Instead, the cars use self-driving technology to navigate the city streets, with sensors keeping an eye out for other vehicles and pedestrians.
While many have embraced the new technology, some remain cautious about the safety of driverless vehicles.
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They don't have to be totally safe, they just need to be safer than cabs with human drivers.
Less drunken brits in the road
Easy milestone
judging from this program, one problem seems to be that these cars behave so strange and unpredictable that they present a danger to other motorists. like with really old drivers sometimes, where you ask yourself "what in the world are they doing?"
Taxi drivers here drive like lunatics just to earn an extra buck a little faster. I hope they deploy these things in Thailand.
What happens when an older lady or man asks If somebody can take their heavy suitcase or groceries to their flat, a Taxidriver is not just about driving safely!
Took this for the first time this week. I like the cleanliness and consistency of each car as oppose to uber.
Because you're a sheep, we don't need this bs or electric cars it just makes the population easier to control and lock down
You're a moron for supporting this.
As someone that rides a bike in SF I definitely trust these more than drivers
Is it just me or did this report not provide any way for us, the viewers to judge the severity of any situation? The reporter says "Ooh" and "No", but there was no problem I could see besides a jumpy, uncomfortable reporter.
Yeah, exactly. Nothing about that attempt to pass the bus looked weird. I've been in that situation many times.
100%. And the silly comment about the AI taxi being bad, when it was actually avoiding a crash when the stupid bus driver started veering left without caring if anyone was there.
How the driverless taxi handled the bus situation is exactly what a human driver should do. May be that passenger had never been a good driver, thinking that driving faster avoids accidents. When a heavy vehicle in front wants to move, in fact any vehicle in front wants to move, into your lane, you give way.
In real life, even when someone suddenly overtakes you from behind and immediately enters your lane, you have to give way somehow too. You can curse that driver who came from behind, but you have no choice. Any other choice will get you into a collision.
@@AndyCutright In our country buses has priority when they left from bus stop so basically that self-driving car did correctly.
@@jameshamilton3484 In our country it would be car drivers fault if bus had rammed car when there because bus has priority when they left from bus stop.
Nearly every time I'm on the highway, I'll see at least one car drift out of their lane either toward the shoulder, or much scarier, cross the centerline into my lane and invariably, when they pass, you'll see them looking at their phone or other device which is distracting them their from driving. At least driverless cars won't have that problem which is becoming more acute by the day.
A lot of cars even now are equipped with lane drift detection. It's crazy, I drove one a couple years ago. The wheel would actively push back on me if I tried to change lanes without signalling. It wouldn't stop me, but it warned me. Same thing if I started to drift over the shoulder line. Works well on freeways and highways, not so great on less structured road systems, but I imagine it's been improved a lot.
In Europe IT IS ILLIGAL and HARSH FINE even if you just talk in the fixed phone while some drive due to lack of concentration....
I fully agree also this driverless taxis keep passengers safe from being driven by a total stranger in a taxi this driverless taxis are needed
3:22 You are nervous passenger cuz UK has collapsed lol
@@AndyCutright yes the settings on my car allow low medium or high sensitivity which does make you fight the steering wheel a bit before switching its good for building habits to use your signal 😉
It keeps a record of every ride getting smarter and smarter and safer
Remember almost two years ago I watched a video of driverless taxis running on the streets in China, I was super amazed by this kind of technology. So fascinating to see this again.
@Howard Christophen interesting to understand, I think you mean concept car.
But is it cost effective? Is a taxi ride cheaper without the driver?
@@Chicago48 I think so in terms of costs and environmental perspective. But real concerns doesn't matter in Europe, China or America, safety and privacy are the issues should be addressed properly.
San Francisco did this first!! Way before 2014.
haha china
this is whats needed outside clubs, bars and pubs on Saturday night to take all the drunk people back home safely without being abducted, assaulted or raped
Better driver then my two uber drivers yesterday who both ran stop signs 🤣
Lets start with those two...No more income for you. y'r fired
We’ll get used to it just like every other technological advancement before this. I can’t wait to try it when the service gets to my city
Absolutely. They said we should stick to the horse carriages 😂... this report also didn't say what the Cruise accident rate was compared to human drivers in the same area and what the total dollar amount of vehicle damage was, human injuries/deaths it caused compared to human driver caused collisions.
@Lord Phroyt Have you seen how humans drive compared to self driving cars
It's like getting into an elevator. We trust those too.
@Lord Phroyt the point I want to make is that we trust elevators to take us to our destination as well. We step in and push a button and then our lives are in the hands of the machine. In this sense it is like the self driving car. I also think people will get used to it as the op stated but I personally will opt out.
@@applejade we should've stuck to the horse carriages
50 years from now we will be watching this again and laugh at ppl who thought it was weird.
I see these Cruise taxis whenever I drive in the evening in San Francisco. I have to give a quick look to see if there’s a driver and it’s amazing to see none. I think the developer should add a mannequin “Johnny cab” like in the movie “Total Recall.”
Better than most drivers, still.
Fr, humans suck at driving
San Francisco baby!!! They been testing these for YEARS!! Glad the city is the first to make this technology right out of San Francisco!!! Tech capital of the world!
@Ching Vang no they haven’t bro. These were first in San Francisco in early 2010s. This ain’t China technology. 🤡
Now this should be the best to keep everyone safe while travelling without having to have a driver they don't know at all that is a total stranger all cities need to have this driverless taxis
Until that thing malfunctions and slams u into a wall at 90 mph
I just want to be able to call a taxi to take me to a place and then call again to take me back.
i had a bad experience once with taxis.
Not one of them was available to take me back home so i waited for 2 hours.
I hope that this technology will make taxi service always available.
Actually this drives safer than a lot of people drive out there. And no DUI's.
It’s the introvert dream come true. Love it.
Absolutely agree. I hate having to talk to taxi drivers or friends driving. Bring on the driverless cars in the most wonderful city in the world. My son lives there. FrommScotland
What if the customer won't exit the car at the destination? Will it kick the person out like in Transformers?
🤣🤣🤣
pepper spray stars to fill the cabin lol.
@@Daniel-Strain 🤪🤣🤪🤣
Well if I had coded it, I would let you stay in the car and continue to charge you at escalated rates until you exited
Probably just charge their phone until they leave
When I showed this video to my wife and they were talking about some accidents the taxis had she rightly stated it’s no like taxi drivers are perfect and never get into accidents
Problem is with self driving cars no one is responsible, it runs over someone you may be able to sue the company but that’s it, no one will actually be held accountable for an injury or death
I imagine people will tend to vandalize them
finally perfect cab for couples 😂
You think they’ll be cameras set up everywhere
What a spooky ghost cab running
This a lawsuit waiting to happen,they probably make you agree to some terms ...
Lol, This is an indirect Advertisement.
I can't wait to see them in England .
😂 good luck with that
Of course it's not ready, but this is why they are trying it out. Think where things will be in a couple of decades- which is no time at all when you think about it. There are people born today that will grow up with such tech and see it as normal.
Nothing is 100% safe... the point is do we try it? Because 10 years from now drunk drivers could be a thing of the past, my 98 year old grandma could drive to my house by herself, its amazing tech
What happens if you are in the backseat and there is an accident? Who is responsible to provide insurance info?
I live in downtown San Francisco, and I can say with great confidence that this Cruise brand of driverless cars is NOT ready for the road yet. I consistently see them swerving into traffic, attempting to hit cars in neighboring lanes, and stopped in the the middle of busy streets. I stay as far away from these cars as possible when I am driving.
It feels so ghostly….
Lies
Uber, is that you?
no, they dont get distracted by phones, they just run head on into highway medians at full speed
#teslaselfdriving
I'm pretty sure that whatever they're doing, they're not 'attempting to hit cars in neighboring lanes'...
i wonder if horror stories would come out in the future from this, like riding a driverless taxi alone, dark in the middle of nowhere, and then suddenly, a ghost possesses the car to lead you somewhere or it stops in the middle of nowhere, where the computer thinks there's something blocking the way forward
Then maybe the car grows wings and flies to the moon
More likely still, criminals throw down something that will make the car stop while they rob the passenger.
When the vehicle becomes disoriented the controller should ask a licensed passenger to move the vehicle to a safe location. Cruise can compensate you rather than have you sit in traffic waiting for them to dispatch a driver.
Fantastic. Will try one when I go to see my son in San Francisco.
It drives better than many drivers I see on the road. I’m ready for it.
It's actually driven by a person back in headquarters with a steering wheel. Remotely. 😂
Total ReCall: 🚕Johnny Cabs... Demolition Man:Taco Bell 🌮
I might have to take a trip to San Fransisco and hop in one of these!
I absolutely love this tech. It's improving at an exponential rate whereas human driving is as good as it gets. And remember, if all cars are autonomous then the variables are far lower whilst all autonomous vehicles will talk to each other.
oh good for you! and what is left for the people in need of work?
Me too!
If all cars are autonomous then nobody has freedom of movement. Everyone will become subject to a future in which having their cars shut down remotely for merely posting offensive comments online
@@lukeirvine1386 Imagine the blind being able to drive. If that's possible that's awesome. As far as jobs they'll be lots of jobs. .
@@100aceswid The blind can already drive. It's called taking an uber or taxi, which would have the exact same effect as using a smart car which can be remotely shut off.
When the guy is saying "oooh whats happened there" is the equivalent of your mate commenting on your driving when you make a tiny mistake. The difference is the driverless car has about 3-5x the amount of eyes with a 360 degree view of its surroundings and able to make decisions a thousand times faster with impeccable precision. People really have the audacity to think they are better drivers than an AI computer which is learning and improving every second.
Exactly 👍
Cant be any worse than those African Uber drivers lmao
I think this is sad news... This is going to eventually put alot of people out of work
Yes it will be I'm not thrilled about it
maybe people will be incentivised to get an education? If society cared about jobs, we would still have elevator operators
This is going to eventually save a lot of lives. So many people die everyday while driving because of human problems.
This is why we need to move to UBI. We are moving to a future where much of society will not need to work to keep things functioning.
People are amazing!!! 😍😍😍
BBC seems to dislike this advanced technology, but many people from other videos are happy with it!
Would love to see a follow up on this to see if Cruise has improved their driving!
When you ride with another driver you also fell a little uncomfortable. This is human nature. When we drive around in our Tesla we kind of freak out. Yet it has never had an accident. People are unpredictable. When we have more self driving cars than people driving cars it will much safer for us. Yet I still love to drive.
i hate being in a complete strangers car, can't wait for this to make it's way across the pond to the uk
Do you mean YOUR Tesla has never had a accident or Tesla's in general, for they have had several accidents! They are no ready! They are still hitting motorcyclist, pedestrians and other cars! They are a road hazard, so far!
Yeah, but you can reason about humans. You can't reason about the ML systems managing the car. You might as well try to figure out what a spider is thinking.
You can tell if a human is drunk, or irrational, or ... You know the driver's been licensed, that the driver is insured, etc. The driver is trying to make money so there's an incentive to drive safely. Bad driving means no money and no job. There's a fair chance the driver is going to speed because faster delivery means more fares. There's an immense amount of data regarding a human driver at your fingertips if you think about it.
And not everyone feels uncomfortable with taxi drivers. I mean .. have you heard of NY NY?
While I enjoy the feature, I don't think it is accident-free yet.
Australian delivery, so many features disabled - but I've had situations where the car was not yet capable.
Mostly bends on a crest and roundabouts.
@@nightlightabcd This robotaxi looks more like a retrofitted Chevy Volt, than a Tesla. The problem with Tesla, is they decided to forgo the use of lidar, which is safer than just visual navigation. From the mounts, on this Volt, lidar is being used. It's uglier, but safer.
Remember when beepers first came out? It takes time to perfect something.
Cool, wonder what it's like riding in an self driving rig.
Love it!
What company are these cars?
Have you taken Bolts or Ubers regularly in southern Europe? I’m pretty sure Cruise drives better than many of the human drivers here!
Self driving cars can work perfectly with current technology...as long as ALL cars on the road are self driving. Mixing self driving cars and people driving cars will never work
*Geez. This was completely unpredictable* )-
At least they probably use turn signals unlike 90% of human drivers where I live.
Only way it will be totally safe is if all cars on the road are driverless cars
Much needed in India. Drivers keep cancelling rides just for their comfort. This is the only solution for it. But maybe not implementable in India currently.
It's all fun and games until you run over someone on the street and get your butt sued.
When you say "you", you mean the company right?
These companies should also consider testing self-driving in Tampa, FL
I would be terrified every second in that car.
Too early for a futuristic taxi but it's amazing. It's scary for sure for the first trip with a taxi with no drivers but imagine if all domestic or international planes have no pilots in the future time. well I think we might shit in our pans😆
I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable not having a human pilot for a plane there present mostly now planes are autonomous but it's always good to have a person there for back up. I think cars & public transportation I'd be much more willing to try hopefully they're in the norm in a few years
It’s a great point, at least with a driver you know they’re putting their life on the line as well as yours… do you really trust a computer to correctly handle the almost infinite scenarios a human can? Approval as a result is just impossible hence they need to prove themselves on real roads. So AVs are for Guinea pigs as i see it.
One day we shall step into an aircraft and fly over to a different country, without a pilot.
You’re brave. I’m not touching this technology for the next 10-15 years
Sooner walk
driver or not bbc always rides free
Ah the luddites coming along and ending all the fun.
You need to learn to keep your mouth shut when the car is driving, you're making it nervous.
what if someone tries to steal the car or wont get off or trying to get a free ride
It can lock the doors and take them to the police station 😂
@@bahamatodd 😂
Watch the video again at the bus section. He freaks out because "another" bus pulled out and made him nervous. In actuality it was a articulated or stretch, accordion bus. The car did what it was supposed to do flawlessly but the human didn't understand and became nervous. I believe it will be a learning curve for humans more than for the machine.
"amazing understanding of what's around us." says Cruz
Over this past weekend these robo-cabs became ubiquitous. This morning I saw one blow through a stop sign on a 4 way intersection on Noriega and 20th, One pulled up behind me a few minutes later when I was dropping my kid off at school. Parents were dropping kids off on every adjacent street. Late to work parents were passing pulled over double parked cars. Kids were crossing from every direction. Robo cab just froze. Had no idea what to do. Over the weekend in my neighborhood, again at a 4 way stop sign with one lane streets in all directions, a car was double parked at the stop sign (a very bad place to do so) when robo-cab pulled up behind it. Again, it had no idea what to do so it froze and caused a minor traffic jam at 11pm at night. Next morning, at the same intersection robocab pulled up and stopped at the same stop sign, and it accelerated very quickly through the intersection, not at all conservatively. People were still in the crosswalk. It behaved more like a real cabbie, tbh. From what I've seen so far, I reckon this company had better have good insurance. I'm not going anywhere near these things.
There have been automated driverless buses doing different circle routes around my college campus since 2018. These people's reaction of massive shock seems kinda overkill. 2022 is nearly at an end, I think its about time.
So this is a fully equipped version of driverless - look at all the appendages. Plus you have remote drivers on backup - so it's not completely driverless. Drivers are monitoring. What's a little more creepy is the fact that passengers are also being monitored - but that's true for any public transit system. These cars should offer an interesting way to finance your next car - just by turning it loose when you're not using it. So - while at work, and overnight. COOL! I can finally bid POB's (Plain Old Busses) the inefficiency kings of city streets (most cities and especially off hours) a FK THEE WELL. (From the original public uber designer, 1974.)
You won't be buying a car in the future, I don't believe. Cities and such will lease fleets of autonomous vehicles, or you'll just hail one like you do Uber or whatever when you need one. I mean, folks will still buy cars, but a lot won't need to.
There will be car clubs on a subscription service and you can do so many miles per month on different tiered services. Eventually, humans will not be allowed to drive on public roads as they will be considered unpredictable and dangerous - it will be shit and the feeling of freedom and being in control of your life will be taken away bit by bit until we all feel like lab rats unless we live off-grid as a criminal or are very wealthy.
@@AndyCutright I'll be buying a bigger vehicle to use as a hotel room when on visits - much cheaper - so I'll want a VW transporter sized vehicle - that new Walmart fleet vehicle caught my fancy. But even then - hey - I prefer an electric bike for daily driving. So - private side income! Also - even clunker-junk ev's can serve as powerwalls for storage - 2-3 cays worth for a small house, refrigerator, electronics, small heater, lighting - on or off grid.
@@ewencameron1168 LOL - actually I remember this one Autopia ride at Pacific Ocean Park that went out over the ocean and you could sort of pull over - but you were never going to F' anything up! Dad and me at age 10. So I think A.I. will just read your thoughts and make you take a nap if you're trying to run somebody over.
These cars are not capable of being driven remotely and no one is monitoring. These are fully autonomous vehicles. If something goes wrong employees are on call.
I worked in San Francisco and drove on the same slim Divisidero strip where parklets and parked cars engulf the area. One of these cars jerked into my lane cutting me off because someone opened their car door. A normal human would brake instead of swerving into me. Another instance is that same exact intersection of the Kaiser on O'Farrell and St. Joseph where I would walk at midnight and I remember crossing as a pedestrian and the car already started going when I was a third of the way crossing and had to quickly run across. Ever since then, I've treated these cars like a 16 yr old teen with a pink slip and gave them lots of room. It was also common to see 2 or 3 of them outside in the middle of the road just flashing their hazards every day at that same intersection at the same time when I got out of my swing shift
have you seen the drivers here in austin, they would just run through that car door or swerve in front of you and flip you off like you are the problem and then brake check you.
Haven't we been talking how safe these cars are for years?
I can’t see this going well for long!
It will surely get better over time, along with some setbacks. Ultimately robocars will surely be far safer than human drivers.
First media to try a driverless car? That’s a big fat lie. Maybe British media.
Historical moment.
Imagine they do this to Main Battle Tank, IFV and jet fighters...
Don’t stifle innovation. There were always be some degree of risk when you push boundaries. i’d be curious to see how their safety record compares to the average American driver.
Let's remember that this is remarkable technological progress! In under a decade Automated Vehicles have gone from far-fetched sci-fi to early commercial readiness. Unfortunately, the hype cycle led to unrealistic, impatient expectations. Myopia/short-term memory causes people to ask "What is taking so long? I'm dissatisfied - these things aren't perfect yet! Why can't 'they' get this right?" I'm very excited about the prospects for safer, saner driving, calmer streets with predictable traffic, and enhanced mobility for all. (Of course we still need to make all the vehicles electrified and more appropriately sized for urban areas, to avoid AV dystopia).
Now IF ONLY medical technology would advance at this rate. Not that doctors are not needed, but I mean discoveries in the medical field that could lead to speedier recovery times and extending the lives of humans, even for those who are meeting their "last days". THAT would be much more important to consider than these driverless taxis - I just don't see the point of them?
Passengerless taxis will become a thing..could deliver uber eats
drones will do that much faster and much cheaper, with a far less complex AI system required
Those taxis about to get jacked. This is San Francisco we're talking about. 😂😂😂
Driving cars back in the Shire must be awfully different?
When did this get approved. I thought it wasn't even safe during the experiments. Maybe at low speed at night only when no one's out?
I did this a couple of times in SF and it's pretty safe. The problem is of course the first time anyone tries this it does feel odd that a car is driving and no one is in the drivers seat. The steering wheel is turning and a computer is in control. The tech will get more advanced but I have to say it's cars drive very conservative and never drives fast. No short cuts or telling it to take other faster routes but it's the future.
When the motor car began driving the streets, a man had to walk in front with a red flag.
0:53 did they really name it Chorizo
( Mexican sausage) ? 🤣💀
i wonder if the system is trained to correctly identify a person peeing or defecating on the street in SF.
Looks smoother than FSD 😂
3:44 PM
10/1/2022
How to make a fun of this car "Just to put on a shirt with a various road signs " 😂😂
But hell, yeah these stuffs are pretty cool actually
"Just stop here mate, thanks". Oh wait a min
They say it's programmed to "drive conservatively". But I can see in this video that this is the same mistake a lot of overly timid drivers make: The car seems to favor coming to a complete stop in traffic, if there's anything questionable happening. But it isn't accounting for the fact that being stopped in the middle of an active lane has a 'risk weight' to it, that needs to be placed against the risk of simply taking the right of way or moving around. Stopping in traffic is dangerous. In addition, it seem to make the timid driver mistake of thinking that 'slower is always better'. But a car moving 20 mph in a 50 mph street is as much of a hazard as a stationary obstacle on a 30 mph street.
Going faster is also dangerous, especially if your driver is a computer with no human brain. They have to go slow and conservatively as they improve. It's statistics.
@@charliedoyle7824 well ya, but the computer being too dumb is part of the issue right now lol.
I didn't see it favor stopping. When there was a car stopped ahead, the vehicle saw it and turned around it. It tried to do the same with the stopped city bus, but there must have been a car approaching in the lane next to the taxi, which is why it didn't just get into the next lane and bypass the bus, but you could see it wanted to, it was about to, but had to stop. I've seen human drivers do that a lot...thinking they'll just get around the bus but then oncoming cars prevent them from moving to the next lane.
@@Daniel-Strain of course the system is dumb compared to us.
They know going too slow is somewhat dangerous, but it's the least bad way to drive with an early robodriver.
@@charliedoyle7824 Yeah but they were so obsessed with whether or not they COULD do it, that they didn't stop long enough to think whether they SHOULD do it.
Total Recall
I went on the Waymo ones in Pheoniz, Arizona. It was excellent.
U do realize those are taking jobs from people ? I wont take one. Once again the common man looses.
"This is just bad driving." Ummm... have you been in a car with a human Uber driver? They're pretty easy to critique in similar fashion. Then there are the taxis... a cabbie would have accelerated around the bus while honking and flipping the bird the whole time.
I hope that anyone who is willing to ride in a driverless car is willing to be taken to the morgue in a driverless ambulance.
Cycling is dangerous enough without bug-ridden machines with no real comprehension of the 3-dimensional world around them in charge of heavy, fast-moving objects.
That BBC Tv passenger is such a little girl, this is how a lot of cab drivers drive
Better reporting would be saying what happened when you made noises about your safety rather than shaky camera footage and half clips. Didn't really learn anything about why you found it unnerving.
What happens when there is a huge rain storm and the wifi signal gets blocked when you are traveling at 60mph.
If it gets one less "texter" off the road and put a driver that just drives it will be worth it's weight in gold.
Car shows up with a $100000 worth of cameras and sensors on the roof. "Is this it??" This guy is sharp.
🍁Happy Saturday night Tom !!
Sandra 🇨🇦